Word: meter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...about 75 percent of shops were open; by Wednesday less than half were still doing business. People were buying gas and jerrycans, and plastic sheeting for windows in case of a chemical weapons attack. Gas went from 50 cents a gallon to $2, plastic sheeting from 25 cents a meter to 65 cents...
...others less versed in classical drama, the learning curve has been even greater. Many of the cast members do not speak Latin, so learning the songs in the original language has been difficult. Even for classicists, the unusual meter in which the songs are written has forced them to adjust their typical reading style...
...diving boards, junior Enrique Roy brushed aside the competition, winning both the 1-meter and 3-meter events with 306.60 and 528.60 points respectively...
...meter event, freshman Danil Rybalko took second with 302.25 points...
...concedes Oriental Buddha's general manager Chen Jian. "But in many ways it's quite different." Chen also asserts that no tombs were destroyed during the statue's construction. But local archaeologists say the entire hill was pockmarked with ancient burial sites, and there is no way a 37-meter buddha could have been built without displacing many tombs...